Civil Society Grant Programme – Closing 14th of September

St Stephen’s Green Trust: Civil Society Grant Programme

Civil Society Grant Programme

Between 2023 and 2027 SSGT will implement a strategy to contribute to strengthening democracy through civic engagement and participation. Learning from the Northern Ireland grassroots peacebuilding programme (2017-2024) will support the programme design. The strategy will support collective action initiatives which deepen democracy across a number of levels and draw out the learning.

As part of this work, SSGT is launching a new funding programme in 2023 that aims to contribute to a ‘high energy democracy’ by supporting civil society groups to:

• Engage in participative and deliberative democracy initiatives that harness the power of civil society to transform democratic decision-making processes

• Develop progressive platforms for collective power and influence which use values-based approaches to identify elements of transformative change

• Create spaces for participation and voice, particularly among those who are most marginalised

More Information:

https://www.ssgt.ie/grant-programmes-strengthening-democracy/